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Many skaters have came and gone throughout the short history of our sport. Many talented people who have impacted blading immensely have came and went within a few short years, no longer to be seen again.

Only a handful have lasted the test of time and continue to progress skating to insane levels today.

Our newest pro rider for Create Originals is one of the most iconic pro’s that our industry has ever seen. Nobody has been skating as hard and as raw for as long as he has. He has an unmatchable track record throughout the years complete with legendary sections, interviews and contest placings.

This guy’s just one of the greatest and we couldn’t be happier to have him down. Ladies and gents, please welcome Brian Shima to the CO pro team. – Billy O’Neill.

Gavin Drumm is a rare talent hailing from the land down under. Born and raised in Australia, he’s been at the forefront of blading for many years.

Gav has always been known for the savage smoothness in which he executes his tricks. He possesses an ever expanding trick vocabulary and his skating is excitingly unpredictable. It’s hard to know what’s coming next, which makes Gavin one of the most compelling bladers to watch.

We’re proud to finally introduce him to the team ranks. Cheers Gavin and welcome aboard. Filmed and edited by Dom West.

After going through all of the stainless steel spacer sliders and rigid spacers one by one for quality and removing the bad ones we thought we were all set.

However, Hakeem then found a catastrophic error. Almost all of the axles are slightly too thick and although they will fit through the spacers they will not fit through the bearings. This could be from either the electroplating being too thick or a problem with the steel axle itself.

Either way, it is a huge set-back that stops us from delivering the frames at this time. We are extremely upset about it.

I can’t express in words to you how devastated we are by this. We have obviously contacted the manufacturer and this is the returned message:

Wow. I have wanted to write this message for a VERY long time. The CRS frames are at Boston Logan Airport.

We have now received word that they have cleared customs and are awaiting pick up. What happens now… We are going to need to get a truck and then head down to a warehouse near the airport (door to door shipping would have been an extra $700). Then we will have to settle up with all of the customs fees and what ever other bullshit fees they throw at us. Then load them all up.